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WANTED

Thomas AJ — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:27:09 +0000

Do Not Go After Her!

For Fredrikstad

Thomas AJ — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:39:25 +0000

Holy bejeews it was cold yesterday! And of course, with my impeccable timing – yesterday was the day I chose to make my first visit to the new Fredrikstad Stadium.

I’d like to say as little as possible about the match itself, as it may have been the best example of public humiliation I’ve ever seen. Not a single FFK player yesterday would even be allowed to watch MESED go at it in the Artigfotball tournament. When 12350 people go out in freezing cold to watch the season’s last game and celebrate the silver medal you’d expect a better performance. It was so freaking cold last night I’m pretty sure my chattering teeth could’ve generated enough power to support a small village in the Himalayas. No matter how embarrassing yesterday was, we still got silver – a great achievement. Congrats, boys!

Comic Relief!

I downloaded the Mirror’s Edge demo the other day, and wow. Just wow. It was insanely good fun. Easily one of the best game’s this year – saying a lot considering this is the fall of GoW2, Fallout 3, Fable 2, Dead Space and others. Extremely satisfying with a game that encourages you to stay away from shooting. Encouraging you to run. Parkour style. In a beautifully crafted city. I can’t wait for the game to launch. You are Faith, a chick with a running spirit – my good friend Bjørn asks which Faith you prefer – “The Official Western Asian One” or “The Fan Made Asian One”. I stand by my initial comment. The face of the fan made one, the body of the official.

Står vi én for alle, og alle for én.

The Fall of Gaming 2008

Thomas AJ — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:53:12 +0000

Norwegian paper Dagbladet wrote an article about the upcoming games this fall, here’s my list. All games are inbound for the 360, unless stated otherwise. List is in no particular order.

Dead Space
Tired of the same old same old fast-paced action based First Person Shooters? There’s nothing like a great Survival Horror game to set the mood for those pesky, dark autumny nights. Also, survival horror in space? What could possibly go wrong?

Silent Hill: Homecoming
More Survival Horror! I never really played the previous Silent Hill games, but after all the FPS madness of the later years I’ve grown to love more story oriented games. They’ve made the camera player controlled this time around and hopefully it’ll play great.

Fable 2
After loving the original Fable I really have no choice but to buy this game. It’s more of the same, including co-op, a trusted dog companion and a much greater Character Morphing aspect. I’ve big hopes for this one.

Fallout 3
Post-Apocalyptic Role-Playing Action. The infamous PARPA genre. Bethesda did great things with Oblivion, hopefully they will expand on that. Add the Fallout universe and you got one hell of a recipe.

Mirror’s Edge
What I loved most about Assassin’s Creed was the opportunity to roam. Run around doing crazy stuff parkour style. Mirror’s Edge is all about parkour, free running and an beautiful city. I have Faith!

Gears of War 2
The sequel to one of the best Third-person Shooters ever made. This bomb of male testosterone will definitely keep the neighbours awake most of november, as the game is released the 7th. Gearing up to kick Locust Ass!

Honorable Mentions: Football Manager 2009(PC), World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King(PC – once a junkie, always a junkie), Prince of Persia(360), Left 4 Dead(360), Saint’s Row 2(360)

Oh yeah, and if Sony releases a Little Big Planet PS3 bundle in Europe I’m (finally) getting one. The game looks truly awesome.